Baseball

Late Game Heroics Highlight 7-1 Day Around the Conference



Friday, March 24 Results:
 
UConn 2, Seton Hall 1 RECAP BOXSCORE
Cincinnati 9, Northern Kentucky 1 RECAP BOXSCORE
No. 25 East Carolina 9, Towson 4 RECAP BOXSCORE
Dartmouth 4, No. 26 UCF 3 RECAP BOXSCORE
No. 23 USF 11, Florida A&M 1 RECAP BOXSCORE
Memphis 9, Southern  5 RECAP BOXSCORE
Tulane 7, Stetson 6 RECAP BOXSCORE
rv Houston 4, No. 27 UC Irvine 3 RECAP BOXSCORE
 
Highlights
 
- Zac Susi’s two-out, two-run double in the eighth inning gave UConn the comeback 2-1 win over Seton Hall to begin the three-game set with the Pirates. The UConn pitching staff held Seton Hall to just three hits on the afternoon.
 
- Cincinnati started its series with Northern Kentucky scoring nine runs on nine hits. A.J. Bumpass went 2-for-5 with a double and a triple and a team  leading four RBIs.
 
- East Carolina got three RBIs from both Charlie Yorgen (3-for-4) and Eric Tyler (3-for-4) as the Pirates earned a 9-4 victory over Towson.
 
- Luke Borders finished with three RBIs and scored two runs as USF exploded for eight runs in the seventh inning on route to an 11-1 series opening win against Florida A&M.
 
- Memphis beat Southern behind home runs from Brandon Grudzielanek (1-for-4, 3 RBI) and Trent Turner (3-for-5, 2 RBI). The Tigers outhit the Jaguars 14 to nine.
 
- Lex Kaplan drove in four runs, including a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning to lift Tulane to a 7-6 win over Southern. Kaplan also hit a three-run home run earlier in the game.
 
- Houston beat UC Irvine as Jared Triolo delivered an RBI single in the top of the ninth to give the Cougars a one-run lead. Triolo had his first four-hit game of his career finishing 4-for-5 with two RBIs.
 
Schedule
 
Saturday, March 25
Northern Kentucky at Cincinnati     1 p.m.
UConn at Seton Hall                          2 p.m.
Southern at Memphis                        3 p.m.
Towson at East Carolina                   4 p.m.
Houston at UC Irvine                         5 p.m.
Stetson at Tulane                               5 p.m.
Dartmouth at UCF                              6:30 p.m.
Florida A&M at USF                           6:30 p.m.
 
Sunday, March 26
Dartmouth at UCF                              Noon
Seton Hall at UConn                          1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Northern Kentucky     1 p.m.
Towson at East Carolina                   1 p.m.
Florida A&M at USF                           1 p.m.
Southern at Memphis                        2 p.m.
Stetson at Tulane                               2 p.m.
Houston at UC Irvine                         4 p.m